justcause Posted January 13, 2006 Posted January 13, 2006 It seems like every second day, there's someone wailing about how they miss the old Green Day - now's yur chance to celebrate them instead. Share your memories of the Dookie days, or learn Green Day history by reading someone else's memories - or just say how you first came to love Dookie yourself. Ok, let's set the scene - it's the early '90s. Billie Joe, Tre and MIke have already been years together, and they were tough years. Lots of emotional turmoil, lots of family issues, fucked-up romance, coming out, kids with no cash fending for themselves. They find salvation thru Punk and Gilman St. They embrace the D.I.Y. ethic, promote themselves, gig anywhere that will have them - tour all over America, Europe, sleep on people's floors, anything to get their music heard. They're the darlings of Punk East Bay, they're signed to Lookout, the label they wanted all along. Only problem is distribution: when they gig in Europe, nobody has their stuff - the music isn't reaching as far as they want it to - Billie's got ambition. So they part with Lookout, and the punk world spits on them. They walk on eggshells on their old stomping ground, there's no return from 86. Don't even try. Major labels are queuing up to sign them - even in the mainstream, 39/Smooth and Kerplunk have got noticed. They take their time, and they choose Reprise. Then came Dookie, and the boys went mega. Do you remember - does your mom or dad, your big brother or sister? Who or what brought you to Dookie? Share the memories!
rockchick86 Posted January 13, 2006 Posted January 13, 2006 errr i brought dookie from a shop after i got american idiot
snipemoon Posted January 13, 2006 Posted January 13, 2006 errr i brought dookie from a shop after i got american idiot same here
Kingunderpants Posted January 13, 2006 Posted January 13, 2006 I bought Dookie on cassette at a thrift shop for $.50 when I was 12.
SullenRiot Posted January 13, 2006 Posted January 13, 2006 I stole my big sister's Dookie CD when I was in 2nd grade and loved it...until I lost it. But it's not like she listened to it anyway...
Gail. Posted January 13, 2006 Posted January 13, 2006 errr i brought dookie from a shop after i got american idiot Thats what I did
Minna Posted January 13, 2006 Posted January 13, 2006 I saw Green Day on Payperview live at Woodstock and decided I wanted Dookie for Christmas that year, and my friend Lisa gave it to me.
SusantheMartian Posted January 13, 2006 Posted January 13, 2006 my parents bought dookie when it 1st came out and they listened 2 it every day. technically gd has been in my life since i was 4. so yeah, i cant really remember that long ago. but instead of lookin back at the awsome music they hav already given us, i cant wait 4 wut there gonna giv us in the future.
WaitingInBattleScars Posted January 13, 2006 Posted January 13, 2006 My friend had a copy and she let me burn a copy for myself. Yay.
Kingunderpants Posted January 13, 2006 Posted January 13, 2006 i cant wait 4 wut there gonna giv us in the future. Grammar lessons. Sorry, I had to.
Jennzie Posted January 13, 2006 Posted January 13, 2006 I remember I first heard Dookie when I was 8 or 9. My family was camping and my uncle had brought Dookie with... He played it every day and always talked about how much he loved this band named Green Day. A few weeks later we came home and my dad purchased the CD...Which I ended up stealing from him.
greenday_111 Posted January 13, 2006 Posted January 13, 2006 my frist GD CD was AI (wow... lotssa capitals..) then i got ISH... and then i was, so called, obsessed with them...
myfuckedup truth Posted January 13, 2006 Posted January 13, 2006 whoa I don't even have Dookie yet but my friend does.. and lets say that the CD is parcially mine now. I better buy it eh?
Irizzle Posted January 13, 2006 Posted January 13, 2006 My parents didnt know them I don't think and I'm too young... but this girl I don't like much told me her dad has a Dookie CD
YORUGUA Posted January 13, 2006 Posted January 13, 2006 I bought DOOKIE when I was 14 (I´m 23 now), and I started to love Green Day since those days. That year was the first time I smoked marihuana...COOL!!!
justcause Posted January 13, 2006 Author Posted January 13, 2006 I saw Green Day on Payperview live at Woodstock and decided I wanted Dookie for Christmas that year, and my friend Lisa gave it to me. 'F.O.D' at Woodstock - blue-haired Billie all alone with his guitar (before Mike and Tre come in) defying all those mud-slinging neantherthals - that's burned into my mind, too!
kinda0punk Posted January 13, 2006 Posted January 13, 2006 My dad bought their CD when it first came out, he's the one who introduced me to Green Day in the first place. Once I started getting into them, and I borrowed Dookie from him, I recognized a ton of the songs on it and was amazed. Then my dad pointed out to me that I had been listening to Green Day for a good portion of my life, I just never realized it. And how glad am I that I finally did listen for myself.
Tyke Posted January 13, 2006 Posted January 13, 2006 'FOAD' at Woodstock - blue-haired Billie all alone with his guitar (before Mike and Tre come in) defying all those mud-slinging neantherthals - that's burned into my mind, too! FOD* I actually bought Dookie after i bought Insomniac. I knew of Basket Case during 94 and actually won a CD during a competition by knowing a Green Day song (Basket Case) i got a Smashing Pumpkins CD. But the following year i bought Insomniac, then i god Dookie
Irizzle Posted January 13, 2006 Posted January 13, 2006 My dad bought their CD when it first came out, he's the one who introduced me to Green Day in the first place. Once I started getting into them, and I borrowed Dookie from him, I recognized a ton of the songs on it and was amazed. Then my dad pointed out to me that I had been listening to Green Day for a good portion of my life, I just never realized it. And how glad am I that I finally did listen for myself. Nice story
xXTattooed_MemoriesXx Posted January 14, 2006 Posted January 14, 2006 My sister owns Dookie. She played it a lot as I grew up. The songs I remembered most from then were Basket Case, Long View, and Welcome to Paradise. After getting into American Idiot, I went back to listen to Dookie more carefully. I listen to it more than her now
Dearly Beloved Posted January 14, 2006 Posted January 14, 2006 Well nobody has any true "punk" stories to share about Green Day's early days so let me share one... Well I first saw Green Day when they had kerplunk out it was in the early 90's I dont know, 92 or 93... I dont remember I was too fucked up to know the difference. Anyway, so I was with my friend Jewface (no that wasn't his name, but it should've been.) anyway, he said his cousin was having a basement show that night & several bands were expected to show up, since I was really low on weed & it was a friday night (no curfew, haha yes bitches.) I hopped in Jewfaces van & we went to Dally's house, (hes the dude who was having the basement show.) Well anyway it was like 9 or something at night and about 50 kids were at his house just chilling around playing around with eachother... smoking a little you know, just relaxing... and a few dudes showed up with there instruments and started playing, I cant remember the bands name I think it was dumb something, not sure though. Anyway they played, they were alright. I can't remember much about them, next thing I know these dudes who say there from california come walking in, one of them has a beer in his hand (cant remember which one) the other dude was smoking a joint. (I'm surprised I remember that cuz I was soo fucking stoned...) but I think those two details stuck out cuz I was wanting to know where the fuck they got it, I was needing something... haha anyway, they were sorta snotty but in a funny as hell way... you know? Pretending to have a front, but then taking the amp and throwing it at the wall during the set... anyway, half the people there didnt know who they were and the other half did. I was one of the idiots who had no idea, but the music was great. At the end of the set they chilled at Dal's house for a while smoke pot & a drank. I remember Mike and Jewface talked about Operation Ivy a little bit, and that was all I can really remember. I think they spent the night at Dal's and the next morning they were gone, surprisingly they didnt fuck anyone. Thats my early Green Day story.
justcause Posted January 14, 2006 Author Posted January 14, 2006 Well nobody has any true "punk" stories to share about Green Day's early days so let me share one... Well I first saw Green Day when they had kerplunk out it was in the early 90's I dont know, 92 or 93... I dont remember I was too fucked up to know the difference. Anyway, so I was with my friend Jewface (no that wasn't his name, but it should've been.) anyway, he said his cousin was having a basement show that night & several bands were expected to show up, since I was really low on weed & it was a friday night (no curfew, haha yes bitches.) I hopped in Jewfaces van & we went to Dally's house, (hes the dude who was having the basement show.) Well anyway it was like 9 or something at night and about 50 kids were at his house just chilling around playing around with eachother... smoking a little you know, just relaxing... and a few dudes showed up with there instruments and started playing, I cant remember the bands name I think it was dumb something, not sure though. Anyway they played, they were alright. I can't remember much about them, next thing I know these dudes who say there from california come walking in, one of them has a beer in his hand (cant remember which one) the other dude was smoking a joint. (I'm surprised I remember that cuz I was soo fucking stoned...) but I think those two details stuck out cuz I was wanting to know where the fuck they got it, I was needing something... haha anyway, they were sorta snotty but in a funny as hell way... you know? Pretending to have a front, but then taking the amp and throwing it at the wall during the set... anyway, half the people there didnt know who they were and the other half did. I was one of the idiots who had no idea, but the music was great. At the end of the set they chilled at Dal's house for a while smoke pot & a drank. I remember Mike and Jewface talked about Operation Ivy a little bit, and that was all I can really remember. I think they spent the night at Dal's and the next morning they were gone, surprisingly they didnt fuck anyone. Thats my early Green Day story. And I will now throw up with complete envy. So fucking cool! C'mon, there's got to be more of you out there - these guys were gigging every nook of the EAst Bay for years before they took off! And if it was a night when they DID fuck someone, I especially want to hear it!
Damnitgirlie Posted January 14, 2006 Posted January 14, 2006 Do you remember - does your mom or dad, your big brother or sister? Who or what brought you to Dookie? Share the memories! Alternative radio brought me to Dookie. I was 24 in '94 with three of my four kids (YES I DID start way too young!) They were all still toddlers and babies. I still acted and felt like a rebel. (There is nothing worse then standing in line in a bank when you realize your four year old knows all the lyrics to Sublime's Date Rape and has chosen NOW to make her first public performance!) My kids have grown up with Green Day, amoung others, And my albums are the ones most missing from the cd case. Everytime I buy a new CD the kids snatch it up and I have to go hunt it down when I want to hear it. Thank God for downloads!! Anyway. Dookie was the first and I never stopped adoring Green Day's music. In my opinion, it has gotten better and better.
Guest Immortality Posted January 14, 2006 Posted January 14, 2006 Er, American Idiot made me get Dookie and Warning.
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